Farmington vs Grant Town

A side-by-side comparison of Farmington and Grant Town: population, income, housing, and more.

Farmington and Grant Town are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmington has the higher population (431 vs 405 in Grant Town). Farmington has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $53,393 in Grant Town). Grant Town has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $68,500 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Grant Town
Population	431	405
Median age	44.1 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$53,393
Median home value	$68,500	$90,300
Median gross rent	$667	—
Housing units	165	184
Homeownership rate	81.6%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Grant Town
Population	445 → 431 (-3.1%)	527 → 405 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$40,208 → $76,094 (+89.3%)	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $68,500 (-1.2%)	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $667 (-1.2%)	$590 → $683 (+15.8%)

Farmington

Population

445431

Median household income

$40,208$76,094

Median home value

$69,300$68,500

Median gross rent

$675$667

Grant Town

Population

527405

Median household income

$36,932$53,393

Median home value

$59,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$590$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Grant Town
Under 5	11.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	17.8%
75 and over	8.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Grant Town
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Grant Town
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Grant Town
Drove alone	64.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	33.3%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Grant Town
1-unit, detached	91.5%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Grant Town
Poverty rate	8.8%	17.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938